McGRATH v. VINZANT

No. 75-1282.

528 F.2d 681 (1976)

James McGRATH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Douglas VINZANT et al., Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 16, 1976.

Certiorari Dismissed June 1, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Skeels, Brookline, Mass., for petitioner-appellant.

Dennis J. LaCroix, Asst. Atty. Gen., Crim. Div., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., and John J. Irwin, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Crim. Bureau, were on brief, for respondents.

Before ALDRICH, McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Dismissed June 1, 1976. See 96 S.Ct. 2221.

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was tried and convicted in the Massachusetts Superior Court of rape, kidnapping and assault with a dangerous weapon, and his conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Judicial Court. Commonwealth v. McGrath, 1973 Mass. A.S. 1387, 303 N.E.2d 108 (1973). He then brought this petition for habeas corpus, from the denial of which...

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